To Be Sold

Library of Virginia, 1812

The Library of Virginia is preparing for a groundbreaking exhibition on the U.S. domestic slave trade that existed after the newly formed American nation outlawed the transatlantic slave trade. Richmond was a key player in the pipeline to buy and sell human beings, and some historians believe it sent more slaves to the Deep South than were initially transported across the Atlantic Ocean. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Anne Marie Morgan reports, the “To Be Sold” exhibition begins with the paintings of an English artist who was horrified by what he saw during a visit to Richmond. (March 31, 2014)

Crowe’s works are also depicted in a book by UVa Art History Professor Maurie